Background
Kimura, Robert Shigetsugu was born on June 5, 1920 in Long Beach, California, United States. Son of Kumazo and Toku (Matsushita) Kimura.
Kimura, Robert Shigetsugu was born on June 5, 1920 in Long Beach, California, United States. Son of Kumazo and Toku (Matsushita) Kimura.
Bachelor, Stanford University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Tokyo Medical & Dental University, 1976.
Director histopathology laboratory otolaryngology, University of Chicago, 1950-1961;
research associate, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1961-1963;
research assistant, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1961-1965;
director electron microscope laboratory, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, since 1961. Research associate Harvard Medical School, 1965-1970, lecturer, 1970-1991, associate professor, since 1991. Member subcommittee human studies Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, 1967-1985, member library committee, 1970-1980.
Member external advising committee Baylor College Medicine, Houston, 1981-1984.
Member Association for Research in Otolaryngology (Award of Merit 1990), Collegium Oto-Rhinolaryngology Amicitiae Sacrum (Shambaugh Prize in Otology 1988), American Otolog. Society, American Association Anatomists.
Married Ayako Iimura, January 29, 1966. Children: Tomomi Jane, Ibuki Anne.